Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 13 most popular Afrobeats in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 13 largest afrobeats in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Tems, Burna Boy and Ayra Starr lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 219k people. Across all 13 entries the average audience size is 23k, and the largest, Tems, reaches around 108k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each afrobeats, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 13, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Tems 108k 31.1 56.3% Afrobeats
2 Burna Boy 57k 30.8 48.8% Afrobeats
3 Ayra Starr 55k 31.1 56.3% Afrobeats
4 Rema 33k 33.0 53.6% Afrobeats
5 Omah Lay 20k 32.3 45.2% Afrobeats
6 Kizz Daniel 8.1k 33.7 53.1% Afrobeats
7 Libianca 3.8k 30.5 54.5% Afrobeats
8 Fireboy DML 3.7k 34.6 48.0% Afrobeats
9 Victor Thompson 3.3k 32.3 45.2% Afrobeats
10 CKay 2.7k 32.0 40.8% Afrobeats
11 Oxlade 2.4k 31.6 49.6% Afrobeats
12 Victony 1.9k 31.9 41.2% Afrobeats
13 Lojay 973 30.9 51.2% Afrobeats

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular afrobeats compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each afrobeats by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest afrobeats in South Africa?

Tems currently leads with an estimated audience of 108k people in South Africa.

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